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to my knowledge, lor ten years, at least." 

 Letters and claims from bee-keepers, all 

 over the country, are coming in thick and 

 fast, claiming t'hat we should settle with 

 them on her account. To all such we 

 must say: There is no more justice in 

 asking us to settle her bills than in claim- 

 ing it of the "King of the Sandwich 

 Islands!" She never had any interest in 

 The American Bee Journal, and all she 

 wrote for it was paid for, "cash in ad- 

 vance, at good round figures." 



On February 10th, we addressed the 

 following note to her: "Mrs. Ellen S. 

 Tupper, Des Moines, Iowa: — You are 

 hereby notified that the contract made 

 with me for your editorial services on 

 The American Bee Journal is this day 

 annulled — severing your connection with 

 that Journal entirely. . . . You are, 

 of course, well aware of the cause of this 

 action — and I need not repeat it here." 

 Thomas G. Newman. 

 We understand she is in a very weak 

 and nervous condition. If she is insane, 

 her " crooked " transactions are no doubt 

 the cause of it, rather than the opposite. 

 We wish her no harm, and greatly regret 

 the necessity for this article — but justice 

 demands that we should speak out. Let 

 this suffice. 



The Biknenvater. — This is the title of 

 a Bee Journal published at Prague, Bo- 

 hemia, Europe, by Rudolf MayerkoeflFer, 

 a good friend of the honey-bee, who writes 

 us that there will be an International 

 Agricultural Fair in Prague in May and 

 June, and he ia preparing for that occa- 

 sion, several beautiful glass boxes with 

 excellent honey. The Bienenvater wants 

 to purchase Nos. 1 to 6, January to June, 

 1875 of the American Bee Journal. If 

 any one has them to spare they may be 

 sent to this office, and we will settle for 

 them. 



It^" R. S. Becktell, of New BuflTalo, 

 Mich., says that a neighbor of his has 

 found a stone weighing about one pound, 

 which looks as if it had once been a piece 

 of comb-honey, broken and doubled over, 

 so that it presents the cells in diflTerent 

 shapes. Petrified honey! Well, why 

 notV 



The National Society. 



The feeling seems to be general that 

 after the Philadelphia meeting, the Na- 

 tional Society should be abandoned. This 

 Society appointed the 6th of September 

 for its next meeting at Philadelphia. We 

 think this time should be adopted for the 

 Centennial Convention, and thus unite all 

 interests. The President, Mr. G. W. Zim- 

 merman, thus writes in reference to the 

 matter : 



"After holding the meeting at Philadel- 

 phia, I think the Society had better ad- 

 journ sine die. I would recommend that 

 each State having no organization, should 

 organize and meet at least twice a year. 

 The journeys to a National Convention 

 are long and expensive, and as we can't 

 get railroad fares reduced now, it is bur- 

 densome. This matter was fully discussed 

 at the convention at Toledo, and those 

 present from Ohio organized ' The North- 

 ern Ohio Bee-Keeper's Society,' whose 

 meetings will be duly announced." 



What say the bee-keepers of the United 

 States? Shall the National Society be 

 abandoned ©r not? We hope they will 

 speak out now, or " ever after hold their 

 peace," on this subject, at least. 



An exchange observes that it is a re- 

 markable fact that the first month of this 

 Centennial winter closely resembles that 

 of 1776. The journals of that year speak 

 of the unusual mildness of the season. It 

 was even said that the lack of the usual 

 ice in Boston Harbor prevented Washing- 

 ton from crossing his forces and attempt- 

 ing a surprise on the city, and the Ameri- 

 cans were enabled to continuallj' send 

 forth vessels from all parts of the harbor 

 to the West Indies for munitions of war. 

 The mild season enabled Gen. Schuyler, in 

 the first days of January, to dispatch his 

 well-planned little expedition up the Mo- 

 hawk Valley to surprise the Highlanders 

 under Johnson. 



Biographical Sketches and Por- 

 traits. We commence a new idea in this 

 issue of The American Bee Journal, — 

 that of publishing Biographical Sketches 

 and portraits of some of our " bee men." 

 Those wishing their face to appear as an 

 introduction to the thousands of our read- 

 ers, will please communicate with the 

 Publisher. 



